Author : Robert McColl Millar
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 38,55 MB
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1474416888
Your user-friendly study and revision guide to Scots criminal law, written specially for students by a law lecturer with over 20 years of teaching experience.
Author : Margaret G. Dareau
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,73 MB
Release : 2001-12-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780198605423
The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue defines and illustrates every meaning of every word used in written English in Scotland up to 1700. It is an indispensable reference tool for historians of Scots language, literature, politics, law, and social history.
Author : Charles Jones
Publisher :
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 40,10 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
The Scots language is as ancient as Southern English and yet previously no one had compiled an inclusive history of it. This collection of essays by the foremost international scholars of Scots fully redresses the balance.
Author : John Corbett
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 39,41 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
This is a comprehensive introduction to the study of older and present-day Scots language.
Author : Raymond Hickey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 26,24 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521763894
The first book-length exploration of 'standard Englishes' with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed.
Author : William Grant
Publisher :
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 15,89 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Ballads, English
ISBN :
Author : Iseabail Macleod
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 38,21 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
This two-way dictionary (Scots-English/English-Scots) provides: * Modern Scots, with some literary words likely to be met in stories or poems* Notes on how to get the most out of your dictionary* Grammar notes and verb lists* Spelling guidance* Help with pronunciation* A brief history of the Scots languageIt can also be used for encouraging the use of Scots in schools and to provide support in the classroom. A useful compact reference book for anyone requiring information on Scots."
Author : Joanna Kopaczyk
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 36,16 MB
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0199945152
The first monograph to examine textual standardization patterns in legal and administrative texts on the basis of lexical bundles, drawing from a comprehensive corpus of medieval and early modern legal texts
Author : L. Colin Wilson
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,28 MB
Release : 2011-08
Category : Scots language
ISBN : 9781906307431
This audio recording, which accompanies the Luath Scots Language Learner book, conveys the authentic pronunciation, especially important to readers from outside Scotland. It is suitable as an introductory course or for those interested in reacquainting themselves with the language of childhood and grandparents. There are dictionaries and grammar books but this is the first-ever language course. The book assumes no prior knowledge on the reader's part. Starting from the most basic vocabulary and constructions, the reader is guided step-by-step through Scots vocabulary and the subtleties of grammar and idiom that distinguish Scots from English.
Author : Bernd Kortmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 36,4 MB
Release : 2008-12-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110208393
This volume gives a detailed overview of the varieties of English spoken on the British Isles, including lesser-known varieties such as those spoken in Orkney and Shetland and the Channel Islands. The chapters, written by widely acclaimed specialists, provide concise and comprehensive information on the phonological, morphological and syntactic characteristics of each variety discussed. The articles are followed by exercises and study questions. The exercises are geared towards students and can be used for classroom assignments as well as for self study in preparation for exams. Instructors can use the exercises, sound samples and interactive maps to enhance their classroom presentations and to highlight important language features.
